The Democratic Republic of Espiritual is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Mestre da Iluminação with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, zero percent divorce rate, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 923 million Espiritualians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sagrada Espiritual. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Espiritualian economy, worth 120 trillion Carmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,838 Carmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drones are unable to lift the weight of their accompanying paperwork, ratings for schools' curricula range from 'Pure as the Driven Snow' to 'Late Night TV', citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, and the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Espiritual's national animal is the Pomba, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Espiritual is ranked 21,817^th in the world and 624^th in the South Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 111.39 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.